Action = Reaction - 8TH GRADE SCIENCE

Newton's Third Law of Motion states, “When one object exerts a force on a second object, the second one exerts a force on the first that is equal in magnitude ... 8THGRADESCIENCE Home EarthSystemsandResources Weathering,Erosion,Deposition RockCycle EarthLayers > EvidenceforEarth'sLayers PlateTectonics > ContinentalDrift DivergentPlateBoundaries ConvergentPlateBoundaries TransformPlateBoundaries HotSpots EvidenceforPlateTectonics PatternsofEarthquakesandVolcanoes ForcesinsideEarth CatastrophicEvents > SouthCarolinaEarthquakes EarthResources Earth'sHistoryandDiversityofLife GeologicTime > GeologicTimeScale Precambrian PaleozoicEra MesozoicEra > ExploreDinosaurs CenozoicEra LawofSuperposition&IndexFossils CatastrophicEvents FossilEvidence FossilFormation Adaptations&NaturalSelection ExtinctionFactors > EndangeredSpecies Earth'sPlaceintheUniverse MilkyWayGalaxy ExpandingUniverse OurSun TheSolarSystem > Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune SolarSystemExploration CelestialObjects Gravity Seasons Sun-Earth-MoonMotion PhasesoftheMoon Eclipses Tides SpaceTechnology ForcesandMotion Forcevs.Mass(F=ma) Balancedvs.UnbalancedForces Inertia Action=Reaction Friction&Gravity GraphingMotion AverageSpeed Newton'sLawsofMotion Waves Matter&Energy PropertiesofWaves BehaviorofWaves InteractingWaves HowWeSeeinColor TheElectromagneticSpectrum ElectromagneticTechnology EngineeringDesignProcess ScientificMethod(s) RocketScience! VocabularyPractice StateStandards&Indicators NeedHelp? Action=Reaction Newton’sThirdLawofMotionstates,“Whenoneobjectexertsaforceonasecondobject,thesecondoneexertsaforceonthefirstthatisequalinmagnitudeandoppositeindirection.”Thislawissometimescalledthe“LawofActionandReaction”. Eventhoughtheforcesareequalinmagnitude(strength)andoppositeindirection,theydonotcanceleachother. Thislawaddressestwoobjects,eachwithonlyoneforceexertedonit.Eachobjectisexertingoneforceontheotherobject.Eachobjectisexperiencingonlyoneforce.Theactionandreactionforcesarereciprocal(opposite)onanobject.Examplesmayinclude:Aswimmerswimmingforward:Theswimmerpushesagainstthewater(actionforce),thewaterpushesbackontheswimmer(reactionforce)andpushesherforward.Aballisthrownagainstawall: Theballputsaforceonthewall(actionforce),andthewallputsaforceontheball(reactionforce)sotheballbouncesoff.Apersonisdivingoffaraft:Thepersonputsaforceontheraft(actionforce)pushingit,andtheraftputsaforceonthediver(reactionforce)pushingthemintheoppositedirection.Apersonpushesagainstawall(actionforce),andthewallexertsanequalandoppositeforceagainsttheperson(reactionforce).TheSpaceShuttleenginespushouthotgases(actionforce),andthehotgasesputaforceontheshuttleengines(reactionforce)sotheshuttlelifts(thereisnoslingshotdoingit!) Whentheballthatwasthrownhitsthefloor,thefloorhasanequalandoppositereaction,forcingtheballupandintotheman’sface. Doaction-reactionforcescancel? Loading… ExtendedLearning Examinemultipleforcepairsinexamplessuchasmultipleforcesactingonaballrollingdownaramp. ClickHere!totestyourknowledgeofforcepairs ProudlypoweredbyWeebly Home EarthSystemsandResources Weathering,Erosion,Deposition RockCycle EarthLayers > EvidenceforEarth'sLayers PlateTectonics > ContinentalDrift DivergentPlateBoundaries ConvergentPlateBoundaries TransformPlateBoundaries HotSpots EvidenceforPlateTectonics PatternsofEarthquakesandVolcanoes ForcesinsideEarth CatastrophicEvents > SouthCarolinaEarthquakes EarthResources Earth'sHistoryandDiversityofLife GeologicTime > GeologicTimeScale Precambrian PaleozoicEra MesozoicEra > ExploreDinosaurs CenozoicEra LawofSuperposition&IndexFossils CatastrophicEvents FossilEvidence FossilFormation Adaptations&NaturalSelection ExtinctionFactors > EndangeredSpecies Earth'sPlaceintheUniverse MilkyWayGalaxy ExpandingUniverse OurSun TheSolarSystem > Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune SolarSystemExploration CelestialObjects Gravity Seasons Sun-Earth-MoonMotion PhasesoftheMoon Eclipses Tides SpaceTechnology ForcesandMotion Forcevs.Mass(F=ma) Balancedvs.UnbalancedForces Inertia Action=Reaction Friction&Gravity GraphingMotion AverageSpeed Newton'sLawsofMotion Waves Matter&Energy PropertiesofWaves BehaviorofWaves InteractingWaves HowWeSeeinColor TheElectromagneticSpectrum ElectromagneticTechnology EngineeringDesignProcess ScientificMethod(s) RocketScience! VocabularyPractice StateStandards&Indicators NeedHelp?